New England Interstate Route 10
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   |
|
| Route 10 |
|
| Length: | 237.22 mi (381.78 km) Connecticut: 54.28[1] mi (87.36 km) Massachusetts: 60.69[2] mi (97.68 km) New Hampshire: 122.25 mi [3] (196.74 km) |
|---|---|
| Formed: | 1922 |
| South end: |  I-95 in New Haven, CT |
| Major junctions: |
 I-84 in Southington, CT I-90 in Westfield, MA I-91 in Northampton, MA Route 2 in Greenfield, MA I-89 from Grantham, NH to Lebanon, NH |
| North end: |  US 302 in Haverhill, NH |
Route 10 is a multi-state north-south state highway in the New England region of the United States, running from New Haven, Connecticut through Massachusetts to the village of Woodsville in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Its number dates from 1922, when it was a New England Interstate Route, also known as the Central New England Route.
Contents |
[edit] Route description
[edit] Connecticut
Route 10 begins at I-95 as Ella T. Grasso Boulevard in the city of New Haven. It then passes by the Southern Connecticut State University before entering the town of Hamden along Dixwell Avenue. Route 10 continues north through the towns of Cheshire, Southington, Plainville, Farmington, Avon (where a lengthy concurrency with US 202 begins), and Simsbury. The towns of Simsbury, Avon, Farmington, Southington, and Cheshire are some of the wealthiest towns in Central Connecticut that Rt. 10 passes through.
| Town | Milepost | Junction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 0.1 | I-95 | |
| 1.3 | US 1 | ||
| 1.9-2.2 | Route 34 | ||
| 3.4 | Route 63 | ||
| Hamden | 7.0 | Route 15 | |
| 10.1 | Route 40 | ||
| 10.3 | Route 22 | ||
| Cheshire | 15.8 | Route 42 | |
| 16.9-17.1 | Route 68/Route 70 | ||
| 21.0 | I-691 | ||
| Southington | 21.5 | Route 322 | Grade separated |
| 24.2 | Route 120 | ||
| 26.7 | I-84 | ||
| Plainville | 28.1 | Route 177 | |
| 29.8 | Route 372 | To Route 72 | |
| Farmington | 32.2 | US 6 | One-way eastbound connector |
| 33.8 | Route 4 | ||
| Avon | 39.4-40.2 | US 44 US 202 (South) |
Begin US 202 overlap |
| Simsbury | 43.0 | Route 185 | |
| 44.8 | Route 167 | ||
| 46.8 | Route 315 | ||
| Granby | 50.8 | Route 189 | Begin 189 overlap Old Route 10 continues south on Route 189 |
| 50.9 | Route 20 Route 189 |
End 189 overlap | |
[edit] Massachusetts
Route 10 crosses the border from Granby, Connecticut into Sandisfield, Massachusetts, overlapped with US 202. It runs north through the Pioneer Valley towns of Southwich, Westfield, Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield, Greenfield, Bernardston, and Northfield. Route 10 has a long concurrency with U.S. Route 5 for about 25 miles from Northampton to Bernardston. It crosses the Connecticut River into Northfield before entering New Hampshire.
An odd sight greeted motorists in Easthampton in July, 2005: standard issue Alabama state highway signs with the number 10 in a map of that state, instead of the standard Massachusetts square. This odd "Alabama 10" signage came about when a contractor mistakenly applied the sample from a federal manual. [1], [2]
[edit] New Hampshire
New Hampshire Route 10 begins at the Massachusetts state line in Winchester, New Hampshire. The road continues into Keene (where it has a short concurrency with NH-9). From Keene, NH-10 travels north via Newport until Grantham. It then runs along I-89 from Grantham to Lebanon. After exiting I-89 and running briefly on US 4, NH-10 then travels along the east bank of the Connecticut River from Lebanon up to its northern terminus at US 302 in Woodsville.
In Hanover, NH Route 10 has what is essentially a short spur to Vermont, NH-10A.
| Town | Milepost | Junction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 4.4 | NH 119 NH 78 |
Begin overlap NH 119 |
| 4.9 | NH 119 | End overlap NH 119 | |
| Keene | 16.7 | NH 12 South | Begin overlap with NH 12 |
| 17.2 | NH 9 West | Begin overlap NH 9 | |
| NH 12 North | End overlap NH 12 | ||
| 21.2 | NH 9 East | End overlap NH 9 | |
| Marlow | 32.6 | NH 123 | Begin overlap |
| 33.6 | NH 123 | End overlap | |
| 38.0 | NH 123A | ||
| Goshen | 47.6 | NH 31 | |
| Newport | 52.9 | NH 11/NH 103 West | Begin overlap |
| 53.1 | NH 11/NH 103 East | End overlap | |
| Grantham | 63.3 | NH 114 | |
| Grantham/Enfield | 64.0 | I-89 South | NH 10 joins I-89 at Exit 13 |
| Lebanon | 79.2 | I-89 North US 4 East |
NH-10 leaves I-89 at Exit 19 Begin overlap US 4 |
| 81.3 | US 4 West | End overlap US 4 | |
| Hanover | 85.6 | NH 120 NH 10A |
|
| Orford | 102.7 | NH 25A | Begin overlap |
| 103.1 | NH 25A | End overlap | |
| Piermont | 108.9 | NH 25 West NH 25C |
Begin overlap NH 25 |
| Haverhill | 114.2 | NH 25 East | End overlap NH 25 |
| 118.1 | NH 116 | ||
| 121.3 | NH 135 | ||
| 122.2 | US 302 | Northern terminus of NH 10 |
[edit] History
Route 10 originally followed a different route south of Granby, Connecticut, starting in the town of Saybrook[4] (now known as Deep River) instead of at its current New Haven terminus. It moved to its current alignment in 1932, when the New England Interstate System was discontinued, with the old route becoming the original Route 9. The original routing is now Routes 154, 99, and 189.
New England Route 10 also originally ended in Littleton, New Hampshire (at NE-18) but was subsequently truncated to end at its current northern terminus in Woodsville. The rest of the route has had only very minor changes and basically still follows its original alignment.
[edit] References
- ^ Connecticut State Numbered Routes and Roads as of December 31, 2004 (PDF)
- ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory
- ^ New Hampshire DOT Route Logs
- ^ Oglesby, Scott (2004-09-04). Connecticut New England Interstates: NE 10 (English). Connecticut Roads. kurumi.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
| Browse numbered routes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
<  Route 9 |
CT | Route 11  > |
||
<  Route 9 |
MA | Route 11  > |
||
<  NH 9A |
NH | NH 10A  > |
||
<  Route 9 |
N.E. | Route 11  > |
||
